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Entrepreneurship and Innovation with Placement at Birkbeck, University of London - UCAS

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2025 - 20262026 - 2027
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This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2025.

Birkbeck, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

This BSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation is designed to build up your business, technology, creative and leadership skills. It will equip you to effectively manage innovation and digital transformation. Why choose this course?

  • Teaching on the course benefits from the research expertise and practitioner insight showcased by our Centre for Innovation Management Research.
  • It offers you access to partnerships with leading businesses and the chance to attend exclusive events enhancing your professional network and career prospects.
  • It provides you with personalised career coaching and mentoring, and you can take part in our alumni career clinics alongside our career and digital skills programmes.
  • This course also offers you the chance to follow a Placement route designed to enhance your career prospects, build your professional networks and apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in a work context.
What you will learn On this degree you will gain a solid grounding in management and business studies as well as skills to help set you apart in a competitive job market. You will learn how to respond to market dynamics, and identify threats to businesses and new technological opportunities. You will also develop entrepreneurial skills to support new, start-up businesses or to set up your own business. You will study management of innovation and will also gain valuable skills in digital transformation management, project management and strategic management. In your final year you will apply your skills in developing a business plan for a new venture or a new product or service innovation. How you will learn You will learn through a mixture of lectures, interactive seminars and hands-on workshops. You will also explore real-world case studies to help you to foster practical problem-solving skills. You can study this course full- or part-time and choose your own timetable for the core modules selecting whether to study them in the evening or in the daytime. Placement route If you opt for the full-time Placement route on this course, it will give you the opportunity to develop your business skills in the workplace and apply learning from your degree in a professional setting. Foundation Year If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree. Highlights
  • This course benefits from its strong connection to Birkbeck’s Centre for Innovation Management Research.
  • Our academic staff are active researchers as well as enthusiastic teachers and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the world's leading journals. We have particular research strengths in innovation, entrepreneurship, digitalisation and digital transformation, including AI.
  • We engage in significant collaborative research and have excellent contacts with many public and private sector organisations, professional bodies and researchers at other academic institutions.
Careers and employability On successfully graduating from this course you will have gained an array of transferable skills, including:
  • the ability to lead and manage teams effectively
  • analytical skills to think critically, evaluate complex business scenarios and devise innovative solutions
  • understanding of trends in new developments and changing market environments
  • professional communication techniques essential for influencing stakeholders and driving change.
This course also prepares you to progress your studies further with our MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Possible professions include:
  • innovation manager
  • new business development manager
  • product manager
  • digital transformation manager
  • innovation consultant.

Modules

For information about course structure and the modules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.

Assessment method

Depending on the module: tests, presentations, written essays and examinations. In the final year of studies, you will independently design and complete a large written assignment, in the form of a research project/dissertation.

How to apply

29Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
N127
Institution code:
B24
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential. FOUNDATION YEAR DEGREES Our 'with Foundation Year' route is designed to give you extra support as it provides you with an additional year (full-time) or two years (part-time) of supported study. This is an ideal route if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied this subject, or if you did not achieve the grades you need for a place on this degree. Once you successfully complete your Foundation Year studies, you will automatically advance onto the main degree.

Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

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Birkbeck, University of London
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